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All results from a given calculation for CH3OCl (methyl hypochlorite)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-573.803121
Energy at 298.15K-573.806823
HF Energy-573.803121
Nuclear repulsion energy102.840191
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at HF/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3333 3009 8.58      
2 A' 3228 2915 26.42      
3 A' 1662 1501 13.56      
4 A' 1600 1445 12.70      
5 A' 1286 1161 16.67      
6 A' 1072 968 63.23      
7 A' 714 645 17.30      
8 A' 369 333 3.20      
9 A" 3329 3005 30.40      
10 A" 1631 1472 11.71      
11 A" 1264 1141 1.93      
12 A" 233 211 4.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 9860.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8902.8 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-31G
ABC
1.43225 0.19115 0.17418

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.820 0.000
Cl2 -0.822 -0.753 0.000
C3 1.440 0.693 0.000
H4 1.781 1.717 0.000
H5 1.778 0.183 0.888
H6 1.778 0.183 -0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 Cl2 C3 H4 H5 H6
O11.77481.44521.99402.08702.0870
Cl21.77482.68483.58842.90262.9026
C31.44522.68481.07901.07861.0786
H41.99403.58841.07901.77261.7726
H52.08702.90261.07861.77261.7753
H62.08702.90261.07861.77261.7753

picture of methyl hypochlorite state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C3 H4 103.407 O1 C3 H5 110.736
O1 C3 H6 110.736 Cl2 O1 C3 112.573
H4 C3 H5 110.489 H4 C3 H6 110.489
H5 C3 H6 110.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.612      
2 Cl 0.180      
3 C -0.138      
4 H 0.206      
5 H 0.182      
6 H 0.182      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.702 -0.286 0.000 2.717
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.871 2.589 0.000
y 2.589 -25.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.440
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.350 2.589 0.000
y 2.589 -1.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.004
Polar
3z2-r2-4.008
x2-y23.131
xy2.589
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.147 1.910 0.000
y 1.910 4.623 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.198


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.970
(<r2>)1/2 8.424